If you loved A Hijacking, try R

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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A Hijacking

2012 · dir. Tobias Lindholm

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R

2010 · dir. Tobias Lindholm, Michael Noer

What they share

Both films are directed by Tobias Lindholm, and they both carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to A Hijacking, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What R is

You arrive at a penitentiary after a violent crime. Your survival depends on navigating the brutal prison hierarchy. But an unlikely friendship blossoms across racial lines. Lindholm and Noer achieve an almost documentary realism. The film lingers in the mind.

If you loved A Hijacking, try R

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What they share

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